Chapter 8 How much do you want?
The arrival of Zhao Zhiping, in this small supermarket, is tantamount to a bombshell.
Many people were dumbfounded, and they were a little jealous in their hearts: This Li Kuo, is he really famous?
Thinking of the sarcasm and sarcasm of Li Kuo before, these people's faces were hot.
Qian Shijia's heart was spinning rapidly, thinking about what he should say.
Wang Lidong's face flushed, and he felt that he had lost an adult in front of everyone, but he rolled his eyes and immediately asked: "You say you are an editor, then you are really an editor?" Who knows if you're his friend, come here and say a few words? β
This sentence made some people who couldn't see Li Kuo's good look forward a little more.
Zhao Zhiping looked at Wang Lidong a little funny: "Who are you?" How could I do such a boring thing, look, here's my work card. With that, he pulled out his work card.
Not only that, but Zhao Zhiping also took out the photos he carried with him, which were photos of him with several nationally renowned authors.
Now, a qiΔ is safe.
Wang Lidong was a little speechless.
Zhao Zhiping shook his head slightly: "I'm also idle...... The proof is not for you to eat. He turned to Li Kuo and said, "Li Kuo, can we talk?" β
Li Kuo had just experienced this huge turning point, and he was having mixed feelings in his heart, when he suddenly heard this sentence and looked at his watch: "I'm sorry, I'm at work now, or you wait." β
Zhao Zhiping put down a business card: "Then give me a call when you get off work, okay?" β
β¦β¦ Zhao Zhiping walked out of the supermarket and sighed a little emotionally: Sure enough, this is really legendary, hidden in the city.
After Zhao Zhiping left, the air seemed to be a lake with stones thrown down, and he could feel the ripples on the lake for half a day.
Qian Shijia coughed dryly, patted Li Kuo's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Yes, I didn't expect our supermarket to produce a talent like you, do a good job!" To show his peace of humor, he continued: "But in the future, remember to concentrate on work during working hours." β
Qian Shijia drifted away, and Wang Lidong snorted coldly and followed behind.
For a while, the employees of the supermarket had a sense of schadenfreude towards Wang Lidong in their hearts, and they were also a little unhappy with Li Kuo's counterattack, but they all went to work, and this matter came to an end, but they all knew that Li Kuo's book seemed to be published.
"Brother Kuo, I knew that your book was well written!" Only the seventeen-year-old Luo Guang didn't know much about this, so he just smiled and came over to celebrate Li Kuo.
Li Kuo also smiled: "Thank you!" β
β¦β¦ In the afternoon, Li Kuo called Zhao Zhiping, and the two made an appointment where to meet, Zhao Zhiping was very polite, and he had to invite Li Kuo to dinner, Li Kuo thought about it and agreed.
Zhao Zhiping's tone of insisting on inviting Li Kuo to eat made Li Kuo feel that this guy might want to invite himself to eat some delicacies from the mountains and seas, but after arriving, he found that this small restaurant was really a small restaurant, close to the road, any bit of space was occupied, the road was dusty, and the sound of cars was boiling.
Li Kuo and Zhao Zhiping sat down in their seats, and it happened to be evening, when Lao Yang floated in from above the road, letting the golden dust fly in the air.
Zhao Zhiping was a little embarrassed: "I think this house is still very delicious, I think you also know a truth: "The place that looks dirty and messy on the outside is the best." β
Li Kuo nodded, indicating that he accepted this argument.
At this time, the two ordered, and Zhao Zhiping called the waitress inside: "How long will it take for you to be able to serve here?" β
Waiter: "It's going to take about 20 minutes." β
Zhao Zhiping was obviously very hungry, so he said, "It's really slow...... Forget it, you can get me some boiling water to satisfy your hunger. β
The waiter's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he said, "This ...... Sir, you can really love clean, but ...... Aren't you afraid of getting hot? β
Li Kuo and Zhao Zhiping looked at each other for a moment, but in a blink of an eye, they thought of what happened in the middle, Li Kuo almost sprayed rice, and Zhao Zhiping's face turned into coals: "I mean, you give me some water, I want to drink!" What's going on in your young head?! β
The waiter blushed and left, and Zhao Zhiping said to Li Kuo: "Okay! Let's talk about your book, I personally like this book, today I discussed it with the editor-in-chief, we want your book to be published in our publishing house, of course, this is the information of our publishing house, you can take a look at it first. β
As he spoke, Zhao Zhiping handed Li Kuo some materials, which were all from their publishing house.
Zhenning Publishing House, which is also slightly famous in Zhonghai, mainly publishes novels, essays, and social popular science books, and has also published some bestsellers.
Li Kuo doesn't pay much attention to these...... In this era, at least from Li Kuo's understanding, the advantages of book packaging and various sales promotions began to decline, and more things on the Internet were needed to promote it.
What he values more is price: he needs some money to change his current life, and he needs it strongly.
So, after reading some of them, Li Kuo said to Zhao Zhiping: "Editor Zhao, thank you for your attention, so if we cooperate, what kind of cooperation can you take?" β
Zhao Zhiping: "Now we are generally buying out. β
Li Kuo didn't want to ask the price directly, the two were silent for a while, and Zhao Zhiping took the initiative to say: "The price we can give you now is 50 yuan per thousand words, and then, according to the sales of the book, if it can exceed 10,000 copies sold, we can give you a 1% profit share per book." β
As a writer of online literature in his previous life, 30 yuan per thousand words is very high for Li Kuo...... So these 50 words per thousand words just came out, so he almost blurted out: "Yes!" β
However, at the moment when he was about to speak, Li Kuo suddenly figured it out.
Fifty dollars per thousand words...... Say a yarn!
This sounds like a lot, but the problem is that the book is only more than 200,000 words, and in the end, you can only get 10,000 yuan......
10,000 yuan to buy "Days of Living with a Flight Attendant", which exploded on the Internet in his previous life?
How is this possible?
At that moment, Li Kuo smiled bitterly: "Editor Zhao, this price is a bit less, or I'll just wait and see what becomes after counting jΓΉ." β
Zhao Zhiping also thought of Li Kuo's reaction, so he said: "Don't worry, if you are not satisfied with the price, we can talk slowly, the main thing is that you are a newcomer, so we dare not guarantee many things, plus the current traditional publishing is not easy to mix." In this way, you say a price, and I'll see if it works. β
Li Kuo felt a little embarrassed, but after thinking about it, this is business after all, and being embarrassed will only hurt himself, so he said: "I want 300 per thousand words, and if the sales exceed 10,000 copies, I want a 5% profit share." β
PS: Thank you for the great reward from my old friend.